Kelly
FinanAs a trained naturalist, I've developed a keen awareness
of the world around me. From May through September, my studio
is located on the screened-in front porch of my home in Hop Bottom,
where my only music is wind in the leaves and birdsongs. In recent
years, my passion for living the rural life has manifested itself
in my personal work, which uses mostly black and white media to
celebrate the small joys of living in the country. It is a departure
from my professional illustration work, which is very tight and
scientific, and often represents abstract concepts, extinct organisms,
and unreachable places. These simple, (mostly) black and white
pieces are my way of returning to the world around me, after a
day of living in a faraway place.